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LibriVox recording of The Cricket on the Hearth, by Charles Dickens (1812-1870). Read by Ruth Golding.
The tale of John Peerybingle, the good-hearted carrier, and his young wife Mary ('Dot'), interwoven with the story of poor toymaker Caleb Plummer, his beloved blind daughter Bertha, and the harsh old toy merchant Tackleton, who is due to marry May Fielding, a childhood friend of Dot. Comic relief is provided by Tilly Slowboy, the disaster-prone nursemaid of John and Dot's baby, and Boxer, the family dog.
The cricket who chirps on the family hearth assumes fairy form to save the day when disaster looms in the form of a mysterious stranger. Sentimental? Certainly - but this, the third (1845) of Dickens' short Christmas books, is as charming and irresistible as its predecessors A Christmas Carol (1843) and The Chimes (1844).
The novella is subdivided into chapters called 'Chirps', similar to the 'Quarters' of The Chimes or the 'Staves' of A Christmas Carol. (Introduction by Ruth Golding)
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This audio is part of the collection: The LibriVox Free Audiobook Collection
It also belongs to collections: Audio Books & Poetry; Community Audio
Artist/Composer: Charles Dickens
Date: 2011-12-31
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: librivox; audiobook; novella; fiction; christmas book; romance; marriage; fairy; family
Creative Commons license: Public Domain Mark 1.0
| Audio Files | 128Kbps MP3 | Ogg Vorbis | 64Kbps MP3 |
| 1 - Chirp the First, part 1 |
30.5 MB
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18.1 MB
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15.2 MB
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| 2 - Chirp the First, part 2 |
33.3 MB
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19.8 MB
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16.7 MB
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| 3 - Chirp the Second, part 1 |
25.4 MB
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15.1 MB
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12.7 MB
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| 4 - Chirp the Second, part 2 |
26.7 MB
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16.2 MB
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13.4 MB
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| 5 - Chirp the Second, part 3 |
19.2 MB
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11.3 MB
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9.6 MB
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| 6 - Chirp the Third, part 1 |
18.7 MB
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10.9 MB
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9.4 MB
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| 7 - Chirp the Third, part 2 |
26.0 MB
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15.4 MB
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13.0 MB
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| 8 - Chirp the Third, part 3 |
34.7 MB
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20.8 MB
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17.4 MB
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Reviewer:
TheBookworm -
Subject:
Cricket
Hear hear! I quite agree with Timmy. Thank you Ruth for another great recording.
TheBookworm (Manchester UK)
Reviewer:
Timmy H -
Subject:
Well read Dickens
Thank you for a beautifully read version of this often forgotten Dickens classic.
A well deserved 5 chirps